Through The Lens Thursday #9: Hands

Through The Lens Thursday is a one-year photography project, where every week, my project partner, Greta of GFunkified and I, will post a picture (or pictures) we have taken based on a prompt. Our hope is that together, we can teach and learn from each other, stay accountable to our goal of improving our skills, and hopefully, be taking some gorgeous photographs.

This week’s prompt is “Hands”.

Toddler hands, toddler hands,
Chockful of Rainbow Loom bracelets (thank you, Alexandra and Auggie!),
Aren’t they super pretty bands?
This is as good as it gets.

Toddler hands, toddler hands,Just obsessed with this truck,
Not giving anything else a second glance,
You’ll share this with your brother, with any luck.

Shot with a Canon EOS Rebel SL1 1/60, f/2.0, ISO 3200

Just a typical week, capturing a few moments of busy toddler hands, and trying my hand at (terrible) poetry. You’re welcome.

(What do you think of my ‘hands’ photos? This IS a photography exercise, so I would appreciate any critique!)

Next week’s prompt: Hot

For the full list of prompts, check out my Through The Lens Thursday page. If you’d like to join Greta and I, but not necessarily blog your picture, join our Flickr group, where we upload our photos, and give comments, or helpful critique on each other’s photographs.

Alison Lee is a former PR and marketing professional turned work-at-home mother. After a 10-year career in various PR agencies, and of the world’s biggest sports brands, Alison traded in product launches and world travel, for sippy cups, diapers, and breastfeeding. Alison's writing has been featured on Mamalode, On Parenting at The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, Everyday Family, Scary Mommy, and DrGreene.com. She is one of 35 essayists in the anthology, My Other Ex: Women’s True Stories of Leaving and Losing Friends. In 2012, she founded Little Love Media, a social media consultancy specializing in blog book tours, and because she doesn’t sleep, is an editor at BonBon Break, an online magazine. Alison lives in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with her husband and four children (two boys and boy/ girl twins).

Great idea to capture the busy toddler hands in all their business!
I can’t pick a favourite — the hand on the truck is really nice composition. But those are some really nice Loom bracelets too.
And I think pairing it with the poetry was brilliant!! loved that.Rorybore recently wrote…Through The Lens: Hands

My goodness. How is it Thursday already? This time going fast thing is wildly unfair.
That said, I do love toddler hands in their natural element. The other day Des was picking his nose and I nearly took a photo.
Luckily he didn’t eat it. He was just trying to get more comfortable.Tamara recently wrote…Twenty Random Facts About Me, With a Twist!

Oh, the wonderful internet. Who would have guessed Auggie’s bracelets would be in Malaysia!!! So cool, so cool. Thanks, Alison. You made our day and he said he can’t wait to get to school and tell everybody that his bracelets are on a blog from Malaysia! BIG DEAL, you know! xo

Those are cute little hands – busy hands for sure 🙂 I love the mini poems linked to each photo, haha. Nice toch 😀 I love how when I am taken to your blog via Bloglovin’ their annoying bar doesn’t appear on the top. 😛 Have a great one Alison! -IvaAwesomelyOZ recently wrote…GTFO: Today is February 25th, 2006

I like the top one best, can’t go wrong with a cute wrist full of rainbow loom bracelets. It is perfectly in focus and the addition of the yellow bowl gives it that casual ‘just snapped’ image. The others are great and the poems too, you should do more poems and photos, it is a good idea. Clare xClare at CatsEatDogs recently wrote…Through the Lens Thursday. Hands.

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